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![Drink and be healthy, study says - but NZ docs disagree](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=812)
Drink and be healthy, study says - but NZ docs disagree
American research has topped up the theory that a tipple a day is good for your health - but some New Zealand academics are no longer swallowing the idea.
![Cop calls his boss, gets off](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=812)
Cop calls his boss, gets off
Police detective exploits a legal loophole to escape drink-driving conviction.
![Mother bashed in road-rage fury](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=812)
Mother bashed in road-rage fury
Marcelle Baardt says she was cut and scratched on her face, chest and arms after she was dragged from her car and attacked by a woman.
![Editorial: Let's consign school balls to history](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=812)
Editorial: Let's consign school balls to history
It is a mystery why these annual events have not been replaced by something more befitting the modern age rather than the epoch of Jane Austen.
![<i>Don Kavanagh</i>: Open all hours](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=812)
<i>Don Kavanagh</i>: Open all hours
Mandatory closing times is not necessarily the answer to society's drinking problems, says Don Kavanagh.
![Editorial: It's a matter of life and death](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=812)
Editorial: It's a matter of life and death
It is in the natural order of things for every generation of parents to lament that their children behave more badly than they did when they were growing up.
![King's boys play game of their lives...](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=812)
King's boys play game of their lives...
Three days after burying their mate, King's College First XV played the game of their lives to beat arch-rivals Auckland Grammar.
![Kerre Woodham: Teenage years are a killer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=812)
Kerre Woodham: Teenage years are a killer
My 22-year-old daughter will graduate from law school this year.